The SSI Decompression Diving Specialty will teach you how to dive beyond the no-decompression limits. You will learn to plan and conduct dives to a maximum depth of 130 feet / 40 meters with up to a maximum accumulated decompression time of 15 minutes, using your recreational total diving system and a single decompression cylinder. You will learn and practice how to effectively use your dive computer features, including switching gases, gas integration, time-to-reserve, and time-to-surface. Using these computer functions will become second nature, enabling you to safely conduct dives with limited decompression without hours of dive planning.

Certification dives will be held at Dive Land Park in Glencoe, Alabama. This quarry is located approx. 2 hours from Chattanooga.

PREREQUISITES:

Minimum Age: 16 years old

Must Have Logged At least: 24 total dives

Must have the following SSI certifications or an equivalent from a recognized agency:

• Deep Diving

• Enriched Air Nitrox 40%

For students using sidemount configuration, you must have the Sidemount Diving certification with SSI or an equivalent training agency.